How to Update the Oppo Find 5 to Lollipop

The Oppo Find 5 is the first device that was launched by the Chinese OEM OPPO some 2 years back. Although it came packing some excellent hardware, including some of the best speakers on any phone; that rival even the HTC One series, they are badly lacking in one of the key components of an over all smartphone experience. That is the software side of things. Now Colour OS is not a bad OS at all but despite multiple efforts on the part of the OEM, the OS hasn’t been able to reach the heights of MIUI. Add to that, the fact that it is now running an outdated version of Android, the overall software side of things is just a mess. This is where the XDA Developers community come in Because of the incredible hardware specs of the time, many devs picked up a copy of the Find 5 themselves and thus this phone has an avid development community. So it would come as no surprise that when there was a lack of communication from Oppo about a future update to Lollipop, the development community would stand up to the task. And that they have; with CyanogenMod 12 providing the Find 5 with official Lollipop nightlies for some AOSP goodness.

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Step 1

Boot into recovery mode. To do so, power off your phone. With the device powered down, hold the Volume Down and Power buttons.

Step 2

Backup your current ROM from your custom recovery.

Step 3

Do a complete wipe, data and cache.

Step 4

Navigate to your SD Card and select the ROM zip file. Flash the ROM. (For your convenience we advise that you keep the zip file at the root of your SD card)

Step 5

If you’re so inclined, flash the GAPPs package.

Step 6

Reboot. The first boot will take longer than others so don’t panic.

Root : From CM 12 root permissions can be enable by going into settings>developer settings.

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